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Big Hands - A square, a circle (BLNK020)

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@ofparadiserecords fade out of Summer and into Autumn with a milestone 20th release, courtesy of UK-based producer @strattontrax delivering an EP of speaker tearing bass and day-glo shades of rave.

Never Bettered Always Battered

Stratton - Bless [Of Paradise]

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Stratton returns to Of Paradise for the label’s 20th release. Chalking up a hat-trick of EP’s on the imprint, with the impeccably effective ‘Never Bettered Always Battered’. Arguably his most accomplished and significant release to date, this 4-tracker effortlessly showcases the London-based producers expertly distilled and patented style of evocative and headstrong UK hardcore.

The A-side launches with the anthemic ‘Badboy’, a true floor melter, loaded with tunnelling drums, an electric bassline and a criminally infectious chopped vocal. Following that is ‘Double Happiness (Bludclot Mix)’, a lethal dose of no nonsense proto-rave goods, emanating from the streets of North London. The product of a truly skilled operator who trades in no-nonsense tunes built specifically for the dancefloor.

‘Bless’ kicks off the flip side with effortless momentum. The impetus clearly focused on rupturing bassbins and rewiring brains, with its growling bassline, lethal Amen break, euphoric melody and rabid hoover. Closing out the release is ‘Vapour Trail Hurricane’ another system-rushing slice of hardcore mastery that pulls no punches in its pursuit of dancefloor dominance. Fuelled by a hammering kick, sharp sirens and swirling acid lines, these are the final moments before imminent self destruction.

This is true peak-time pressure from one of the UK’s most exciting and inimitable talents.

PREMIERE: Stratton - Badboy

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Only 50 copies of this "MASSIVE" EP!!! ... LDNMSV EP [LTD Lathe Cut Dubplate] preorder - What is a Lathe Dubplate? It is a hand crafted vinyl cut made to order, which costs more to manufacture hence the higher retail price. Many labels are now doing small runs of Lathe cuts to help keep things moving with all of the manufacturing delays with vinyl pressing plants. This is the first Nomine Sound Dubplate release and will be limited to see how things go. Thank you for the support! x

Boylan & Slimzee are back on Nomine Sound with some carnage! 4 x 140bpm BANGERS with trademark sprinkles of breakbeats, stomping industrial drums and hooning bass! This EP has a few surprises that tap into the nostalgia of Rave music, but still very much inline with what these two naughty boys do best….tear up the dance! There is also a lovely guest appearance from U.S.F. As always we just have to let the music do the talking!

A1. LDNMSV
A2. Labello Blanco
B1. Ephemerol East
B2. Come On In (Ft. U.S.F)

NS018_B_ Boylan & Slimzee_Ephemerol East [vinyl dub preorder link inside]

NS018_A_Boylan & Slimzee_LDNMSV [vinyl dub preorder link inside]

Label: Midnight Shift
Catalog number: MNSX026
Artist name: Cocktail Party Effect
EP name: Oscilloscope Detachments
Date of release: 4 Nov 2022

A1. 77
A2. 88
B1. 99
B2. 111

Bringing his signature heavy freak crunch to the label, Cocktail Party Effect's "Oscilloscope Detachments" is the latest addition to the Midnight Shift catalogue. 

Instructions: Follow the oscilloscope to jack into the EP's pulse from start to end.

Headliner A1 '77' dazzles in melodic glory paired with glitchy underfoot and a high-voltage wire running hot. Next, '88' lets it all loose with classic breaks twisted on its head and with its core intestines spilling out. Unexpected turns in this effect-heavy club composition recalls the phrase that "you've gotta know the rules to break the rules" and CPE is undoubtedly a master of that. '99' takes it further down South London style for the heads, while ambient closer '111' visualises the previously underscored oscilloscope in full spectrum.

Written and produced by Eric Baldwin
Artwork by EPOD
Layout by Graeme "Gramrcy" Bateman
Mastered and cut by Simon from The Exchange

Oscilloscope Detachments

MNS X 026 - Cocktail Party Effect - Oscilloscope Detachments

Big Hands returns with three deep-tripping, extended geometric gyrations, in his own inimitable style. 

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